Electric socket and shade-holder.



P. KNAPP.

ELECTRIC SOCKET AND SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED was, 1914.

WI TNESSES: l/Vl/E/V 70H ATTORNEY mam-6am 4, 1915.

Fate-i A3315,

' Application filee August 3, 191%. Serial Il'o. 354,242.

e. posed set screw 1 tween the roe tutor-e so fat aware it J shat e holds 1 a shouL tween 1 sting girovided v ceive male threat. This has uncle upon the end of the it impracticable to use L; a screw to secure the socket cap to the nine, as the cap as covered by the shade holder, and has led to the use of cements and similar means for setting the threads to gether .Uhieh made it impossible to detach the socket from the pipe w'theut the use of considerable force resulting frequently in the breakage pal-ts. In my present inl1: holder 01' husk is lGCliGCl end cafe 0' :he socket,

' a mg the ipe l i utei-pes of I 21ml hei detaehahlv meals 0 s screw.

" i e twining :1 1' i '0 l a new '{mi't loolnug 1n the \llll'QC- u eleeti'ie socket and ties; removed. the o0 I in 1, lOOliln" iii the in the dimewhi ohand lower members of the body which are ordinarily made of porcelain and are seeutecl together by screws 12, 13 the cap which. is ordinarily made of metal and is 58- cured to the upper member of the body by screws and is a shade holder 01 husk, it bei understood that the essential lit-- fei'euee between a shade holder and a husk is that the latter is ordinarily made ornitmental. and is not intended to carry a shade. Body member 10 is provided in its upper side w h recesses 16 and with circular sheuldei- 17 upon which an inwardly ex-v tending flange '18 upon the shade holdefoi' The shade holder heel: (for 1 will use the shade hol lei' 's additionally provided with inwardly e ending lugs 19 which ere adepted to lie in the .i-eeesses 16. The eap is proled with n i 'n eefifi; itch rests upon the liungl'e oi? the sh I it: and with basses oi' bleeks 21 which are adapts ts pess'into the recesses in the upper body member and upon the lugs extending from the shade The shade holder is locked between holder.

the upper hotly member and the cap by the i is locked in place on the pipe by set screw 2 which is always accessible, this not being the case when the shade holderis secured in DlzLCG by leelsiw it between the cap (the shade llOlfi'lCil' covering the cap) a shoul- (lei-ed fixture on the pipe, which I dispense tail.

The operation of assembling is as follows; The shade holder is placed over the upper body member 'i h the flange resting on the shoulder and the lugs engaging the recesses then the cap is placed over said body member and the shade holder with the bosses in the recesses and resting on the'lugs and then the shade holder is locked to place to place, said 3a p tin-11in g s hetii'eeu the upper body member the 1 member j invention ping the lugs upon the shade holden 2. The combination with socket body havmg a shoulder and oi shade "holder having a Henge adapted to rest on the shoulder and lugs adapted cnggegethe recesses, and a cap having bee adapted to pass into the recesses and grip the lugs upon the shade holder.

3. The combination with socket body having a shoulder and recesses, of a shade holder having a. flange adapted to less; on the shoulder and lugs adapted so the recesses, and a cap having a flange adapted to engage the flange en the shade holder and bosses adapted to pass into the recesses in the body and gz'ip upon the sl'lade Holder.

4&- The combination with socket body comprislng upper and lower members, upper member having; races" holder having lugs (m w cup having bosses s m CL A, shame l as means for smacking the body members 'wgether after the locked between she cap.

The combination with a socket body comprising upper and lower members, and a, cap of a shade holder gripped between the upper member and the cap, means for securing the upper member and cap together with the shade holder in p121 and aneans T01 sceurimg the body members together after the shade holder is locked in place.

5: The combination with e socket body con upper and lowel 'members, said upper member hav'ng e slwulder and recesses and a cap lmvmg' bosses engaging said recesses, of :1 shade bolder having a flange edepteddo engege tlxe shoulder and 111 8 adapted to' engage the [recesses and be oped by the bosses and means for seem"- ing; the upper member and cap togethet and for securing the membe s together.

' testimony whereof inf); my signwmre in presence of two Witnesses.

GED'R E P IJ'AP gripping the lugs upofl the shade holder holder has been upper member and the 

